V. K. Rajah
V. K. Rajah | |
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 V. K. Rajah in November 2010 | |
| 8th Attorney-General of Singapore | |
| Assumed office 25 June 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Steven Chong |
| Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Singapore | |
| In office 11 April 2007 – 24 June 2014 | |
| Appointed by | S. R. Nathan |
| Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore | |
| In office 1 November 2004 – 10 April 2007 | |
| Appointed by | S. R. Nathan |
| Judicial Commissioner of Singapore | |
| In office 2 January 2004 – 31 October 2004 | |
| Appointed by | S. R. Nathan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) Singapore |
| Alma mater | National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge |
| Website | app |
Vijaya Kumar Rajah, SC (born 1957),[1] better known as V. K. Rajah, is the Attorney-General of Singapore. Previously Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Singapore, Rajah succeeded Steven Chong as Attorney-General on 25 June 2014.
Early life
Rajah graduated from the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law in 1982 and obtained his Masters of Law (First Class) from the University of Cambridge in 1986.[2] His father, Thampore Thamby Rajah, better known as T. T. Rajah, was a leader of the former Singaporean left-wing political party Barisan Sosialis.[3]
Career
Rajah was among the first batch of lawyers in Singapore to be appointed Senior Counsel in 1997,[2] and was once the managing partner of law firm Rajah & Tann. He was also part of the NUS law school moot team which won the Philip C. Jessup International Law moot competition in 1982, a first for NUS. The other members of the team were Davinder Singh, Jimmy Yim, and Steven Chong. He was first appointed Judicial Commissioner on 2 January 2004, Judge of the High Court on 1 November 2004, and subsequently Judge of Appeal in April 2007.
Rajah's publications include Judicial Management in Singapore (with T. C. Choong, Singapore: Butterworths, 1990). He was also the chair of a committee that produced an influential report in 2007 reviewing Singapore's legal sector.[4]
Rajah has been a Director at Monetary Authority of Singapore since 1 November 2014.[5]
He is also the incumbent Attorney-General of Singapore.[6]
References
- ^ Leadership Profiles, Attorney-General's Chambers, 25 June 2014, archived from the original on 18 September 2014.
- ^ a b Statement From the Prime Minister's Office: Appointment of Judge of the High Court [Document No. 2004110101], Prime Minister's Office (archived on the National Archives of Singapore website), 1 November 2004, archived from the original on 18 September 2014.
- ^ "Ex-Barisan Sosialis leader T. T. Rajah's funeral today", The Straits Times, 15 March 1996.
- ^ Report of the Committee to Develop the Singapore Legal Sector: Final Report, Ministry of Law, September 2007, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2012.
- ^ "Company Overview of Rajah & Tann". Bloomberg Business. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ "V K Rajah". asiatatler.com. Edipresse Media Asia Limited. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
External links
- Judges, Judicial Commissioners and Registrars, Supreme Court of Singapore, 26 February 2014, archived from the original on 8 April 2014.